KAROLY TAKACS /inspirational story/single hand shooter/hungarian

This story is of                      Károly Takács           Who had dreamt                       BIGGEST

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             who born on 21 January 1910 – 5 January 1976)He  was the first shooter to win two OLYMPICS gold medals in the 25 meter rapid fire pistol event, both with his ONLY left hand after his right hand was seriously injured. He is the Third known physically disabled athlete to have competed in the Olympic Games after George Eyser in 1904 and Olivér Halassy in 1928.        

                                 

Takács was born in Budapest and joined the Hungarian Army.From the day first his only goal was to become the world best shooter. And for this he had worked hard . By 1936, he was a world-class pistol shooter, but he was denied a place in the Hungarian shooting team for the 1936 Summer Olympics on the grounds that he was a sergeant, and only commissioned officers were allowed to compete. After this he didn’t lose hope. He remained steadfast. This prohibition was lifted in Hungary after the Berlin Games, and Takács had expectations of success at the 1940 Summer Olympics, scheduled to be held in Tokyo.

He was doing his army training for becoming the best but during training in 1938, his right hand was badly injured when a faulty grenade exploded. He not only lost his arm but also his limb.

 This was the time where he should stop his passion.

Where everything gone to an end Where his dream wasn’t possible to achieve.where all of his effort should have a stop.

He should led a ordinary life as all other disable people use to live.

As he wasn't any other creation he was also a human.....,

But Takács was determined to continue his shooting career.

The only thing that he had was hope and determination.He was enthusiastic. 

And he  switched to shooting with his left hand.

He practiced in secret, surprising his countrymen when he won the Hungarian national pistol shooting championship in the spring of 1939.

And he was back in  his carrier.

He also was a member of the Hungarian team that won the 1939  UIT World Shooting Championships in the event

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       The Olympic Games scheduled for 1940 were cancelled due to WORLD WAR he getying old day by day but he put all his effort,

and expectations and placed them on coming 1944 OLYMPICS BUT 1944 Olympics were also  canceled due to the Second World War.But Takács surprised the world by winning the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, aged 38, beating the favorite, Argentine  Carlos Enrique Diaz Saenz Valiente who was the reigning world champion, Everybody there was asking him that whether he was there to cheer them up but he replied I am here to compete you .Soon Carlos approached him before the event and had asked him what was he doing there (having heard about his accident). His reply was that he was there to learn, setting a world record. Valiente later congratulated saying you have learned enough.

 

Everybody there was doing best with their best shooting hand but Károly was shooting with his ONLY hand

He here achieved what he had dreamt but he didn’t stop.he kept moving on .he remained struggling

.He won a Second Gold Medal in the same event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, after the match Valiente congratulated him again and said "you have learned more than enough now it's time to teach me". He also attended the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, but finished eighth and failed to win a third medal. He also participated in the Games in 1956, this time without winning the title

 His story has given him a place among the "Olympic heroes" of the International Olympic Committee.

Although most associated with rapid fire pistol, Takács also won a bronze medal at the 1958 ISSF World Shooting Championships in 25 metre center-fire pistol. He also won 35 Hungarian national shooting championships

After his shooting career, Takács became a coach. He trained Hungarian Szilárd Kun, who won the silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He ended his army career as a Lieutenant colonel.

It was also a proud once he was prohibited as a sergeant now he was a lieutenant colonel.

There may be a many causes to leave your goal but you should have one reason to move on

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